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Article 18
 
(1) The register of major citizens disfranchised shall be handled by the agency maintaining it separately from its other records, except for the register, and may be used for no other purpose than ascertaining suffrage; data taken from it may not be disclosed for any other purpose.
(2) The central office of the particulars and address register may supply data from the register of major citizens disfranchised to election committees, election offices and the court, and, in the proceeding of electing lay assessors, to mayors to ensure the conducting of elections, and the authentication of the data of those signing the initiative of referendums and popular initiatives.
(3) The central office of the particulars and address register shall check the candidates' suffrage on the grounds of the data of the register of major citizens disfranchised and the particulars and address register, and shall immediately advise the relevant election office about lack of suffrage.
(4) The central office of the particulars and address register may check the suffrage of elected representatives on the grounds of the data of the register of major citizens disfranchised and the particulars and address register, and shall immediately advise the relevant election office about lack of suffrage.
(5) Any citizen of legal age may request of the central office of the particulars and address register to verify that on the grounds of the register of major citizens disfranchised nothing disqualifies them from exercising their right to vote.